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Acanthodoris hudsoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Onchidorididae

Scientific name
  
Acanthodoris hudsoni

Higher classification
  
Acanthodoris

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Genus
  
Acanthodoris

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Acanthodoris, Nudibranch, Acanthodoris nanaimoensis, Cadlina luteomarginata, Aldisa sanguinea

Acanthodoris hudsoni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

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Distribution

This species was described from Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, California. It has been reported from Alaska south to San Diego and Santa Catalina Island, California. A specimen from Asilomar, Monterey Bay has been sequenced for the 16S ribosomal RNA, Histone H3 and CO1 genes and several specimens from Puget Sound, Kitsap County, Washington have been sequenced for 16S and CO1.

Diet

Acanthodoris hudsoni feeds on an erect ctenostome bryozoan of the genus Alcyonidium.

References

Acanthodoris hudsoni Wikipedia